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  • ANKARA: Turkish Parliament Delegation To Travel To France OverArmeni

    TURKISH PARLIAMENT DELEGATION TO TRAVEL TO FRANCE OVER ARMENIAN BILL

    Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey
    May 9 2006

    ANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc said on Sunday that
    a Turkish delegation of four parliamentarians is planning to travel
    to France today. Speaking to reporters, Arinc, currently paying an
    official visit to Sweden, stated that France's Parliament is set to
    debate a bill concerning the so-called Armenian 'genocide' on May 18,
    adding that the Turkish parliamentarians will hold a series of talks
    with their France counterparts to convince them not to pass the bill.

    Regarding the issue, Arinc also sent a message to France Parliament
    Speaker Jean-Louis Debre last month.

    Turkey does not accept the Armenian accusations about the 1915
    Events. Both sides accuse each other of committing genocide. Turkish
    historians argue that more than 520,000 Muslim Ottomans were massacred
    by the Armenian gangs. Thosands of Armenians were also killed in the
    communal clashes during the First Worl War.

    France on the other hand does not recognise the Algerian genocide.

    The Algerians blame French Government as 'denier'. However the French
    politicians are very keen on recognising the Armenian allegations
    as truth.
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